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| Palestinians hold pictures of their jailed relatives as they demonstrate in support for hunger-striking prisoners in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Nablus on Oct. 3, 2011. (Xinhua/Nidal Eshtayeh) |
RAMALLAH/GAZA,
Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated Sunday in the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip in support of hunger-striking prisoners in Israeli
jails.
Around
6,000 Palestinian and Arab prisoners in all Israeli jails started Wednesday an
open-ended hunger strike in protest to restrictions imposed on their daily life
by the Israeli Prisons Authorities.
In the West
Bank city of Ramallah, hundreds of Palestinians rallied at al-Manara Square
waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans that called for the immediate
release of the prisoners.
"The
question of the prisoners in Israeli jails must be a central question that must
be linked to reaching any permanent peaceful settlement reached in the
future," said one of the demonstrators.
Similar
demonstrations also were held in the northern West Bank cities of Tulkarem and
Jenin in support for the prisoners and their hunger strike. They called
for the release of the prisoners.
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Palestinians
hold pictures of their jailed relatives
as they demonstrate in support for hunger-striking prisoners in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Nablus on Oct. 3, 2011. (Xinhua/Nidal Eshtayeh) |
Dozens of
prisoners' families demonstrated before Gelbowa' Jail in the northern West
Bank. The demonstration was organized by Al- Mu'taqal (prisoner) Association
and the Palestinian Committee to defend the prisoners.
They signed
on a petition addressed to United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon urging
him to put Israel's prisons under the supervision of the UN Human Rights
organizations and send a UN mission to check prisons.
In the
Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, dozens of prisoners relatives demonstrated before the
headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City to
condemn the Israeli measures of restrictions on the prisoners.
Qadoura
Fares, chairman of the Palestinian Prisoners Club in the West Bank, told
reporters that around 20 prisoners in the Israeli prison of Ashkelon in
southern Israel joined Sunday the hunger strike.
"The
hunger striking prisoners on Wednesday and on Thursday refused their meals and
refused to wear the prisons uniform. The hunger strike is a warning message to
Israel until their demands are met," said Fares.
The
prisoners want the Israeli prisons authorities to improve their living
conditions, increase the hours of watching the satellite televisions and allow
their families to visit them on weekly bases instead of once a month.
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